The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1887-06-29

: lean Old man.
, Laws a massy,' cried Shuck's
wife, the white SOW is in the milon
patch. Run Shuck an knock her
fetch-taked head off.
'Shuck he drapped the package
NV powder in er cheer an er way
he went, an Liza snatched up the
powder, retched up an put it on a
limb NV the tree an begged us not
to tell Shuck whar it wuz which
we all promised that we wouldn't.
Shnck brought er big milon back
with him an we div into it red.
eyed. Then he axed fur his pow
der We all lowed that we hadn't
seed it.
'That'll never do in the world
says he. 'Er fourth NV July civ.
bration without powder is like er
set NV pillow gear without er back.
band-lest nachully went 20. I'm
Gle Nose, 70 know whar's the
powder?'
Amt seed it Shuck. Believe
you tuck it with you when you went
airtei the white SOW
That's gest erbout whut l did
says Shuck, an he put out to took
furit, an when he couldn't find it, he
went up in the fence corner an
cussed that ole SOW fur everything
ne could think NV an Liza-bless
but never mind, laughed fit to
kill her sweet self. Then Shuck
iotcb out bis jug. 1t made the gals
grin nightly when they tuck er
pull at it jest to be sociable, you
know, but l tell you it made ole
Uncle Moses mouth pop like or
hickory bark whip.
My Stairs erlive' said one NV the
Jimison gals, the black gnats
is so bad err body CANT hardly
live
That's err fack,' said Liza. 'an'
they jest run me nearly dis
tracted.
III fix EN- Shuck lowed, an
he went into the house, an soon
come out with some fire in er big
dinner pot. He sot it on the groun'
an the ladies all thanked him tur
his kline an plite err tention.
'Shuck, says Uncle Mose-the ole
teller is powerful frolicky-'they
tell me that you learnt er new step
when you went over to the Bran,
dance the other day, Give it
to u.s.
oh, yes, do, Cousin Shuck, said
Liza that's all right. Give it to
us, fur / know we'll be so much
edited That word settled it with
me right thar an eff ! coulder got
holt. Nv her hand l would have sar-
tinly squz it.
i amt round thrown nv steps
er way, says Shuck, but ez we've
all met here to cilybrate the Fourth
here's at you. Here Zeb,' turnin>
to me, pat for me- commenced
to pat an he hoped up an went
at it.
1t wuz er sort NV Ingun dance,
with er lot NV whoops scattered
through it, an the fust whoop
Shuck fotch he leaped up an
struck the limb whar Liza had hid
the powder an down come the
powder an / wish l may die dead
eff it didn't come slap dab into the
pot Nv fire. Thar wuz er bout err
second befo> any thing happened
an then the CELEBRATION took place
sho huff. The fust thing sperienc-
ed wuz the earth sorter shakin' it,
self, an then thar come err noise
that | amt goin' ter turgit right
away
Somehow | wuz permitted to see
the performance without takin'
much Nv er hand in it. Shuck an
Uncle Nose peered to go into part
nership fur they went up in the
tree together, an it did seem like
Uncle Moses legs wrapped erroun'
Shuck err bout three times. Shuck S
wife rize like err turkey.hen an
went over the fence, an Uncle
Noses wife, ez good-hearted er ole
soul ez ever lived, wuz jest rolled
er way like er bari. The pore ole
lady squaled but KEEP on err rollin. ,
The Unison girls ffuttered ever
whicher way, an put me in mine
Nv er lot Nv young patridges. But
Liza alaw, bless her fat jaws, the
powder, fndin> that she WIZ so
heavy it couldn't pick her up,
turned her round er time er two,